Jump is a powerful guide to becoming a vehicle of compassion, reconciliation, and transformation in our world. Life is all about jumps. We jump from high school to college, school to the professional world, dating to marriage. Each leap launches us to new levels. Even though we can’t see what’s on the other side of the wall, our faith jumps are about trusting that God is there. We experience the liberation when we jump into the arms of our Savior, then into a church family, and then into a world desperately in need. Efrem Smith presents fresh insights into how Christians can say yes to the jump that takes them deeper into a loving, devotional, intimate life with God.
Efrem Smith is an American pastor who is the co-pastor of Midtown Church and co-owner of Influential LLC. Smith has spoken on the subjects of leadership, multi-ethnic issues and development of the Christian community. Smith is considered to be an advocate for urban ministry and reaching out to the marginalized.
It’s interesting to learn from the author, who relates through his early childhood/teen’s experiences and personal transformation on the (then) multiethnic and racial disparity during the civil rights movement (in the Deep South) that help us see beyond the barriers and stumbling blocks to unlock and free those who are bound in fear and lies from the enemy.
As the author puts it- “We cannot truly be reconciled to each other without understanding the reality and depth to which we are reconciled to God through Jesus Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.”